You may be wondering what happened to the YouTube app for Windows Phone. Last May, after we launched a much improved app on our platform, Google objected on a number of grounds. We took our app down and agreed to work with Google to solve their issues. This week, after we addressed each of Google’s points, we re-launched the app, only to have Google technically block it.

We know that this has been frustrating, to say the least, for our customers. We have always had one goal: to provide our users a YouTube experience on Windows Phone that’s on par with the YouTube experience available to Android and iPhone users. Google’s objections to our app are not only inconsistent w...(continues)

To be honest, it sounds like Google wants Microsoft to not only continue to foot the bill for developing a working YouTube app, but do the work of figuring out how to make it HTML-5 compatible so they don't have to, and all they have to do is mirror what Microsoft has done for Android and iOS.

People can say what they want about Microsoft, and there is always two sides of a story, but I doubt that this is far from the truth. Google need to work with MS and stop this BS.

No, Microsoft didn't want to strip YouTube of ads, Microsoft was UNABLE TO provide support for ads on YouTube because, despite REPEATED requests, Google refused to provide the necessary API's so that they would be able to offer ads....

So let's be clear about exactly what happened: Google refused to allow Microsoft access to the API's that would allow them to show ads, despite Microsoft repeatedly asking for it, and then Google turns around and complains that Microsoft is 'blocking ads'....Google's complaint is completely disingenuous...

I like Android, a lot, and I use a lot of Google products, including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, Google Translate and YouTube.....

The browser is an inferior experience compared to a dedicated app....and Google knows it.

Google has what can only be called a monopoly on online video. When was the last time you saw somebody post a link to an online video that was something other than YouTube? Sure, other sources technically 'exist', Yahoo! Video, MSN Video, Vimeo etc etc etc But YouTube has the market cornered,

Now, if the DOJ vs Microsoft case taught us anything, it taught us that when you achieve a monopoly in a particular service, the kind of monopoly that Google has in online video (and many other things) then you have to behave differently, you have to provide equal access to your service by everybody, you can't play favorites.

So....in other words, Google, aware that the availability of it's mobile services can make or break a mobile platform, are deliberately attempting to prevent Microsoft from being able to offer Google services on Windows Phone so as to prevent Windows Phone from being able to grow to the point where it might become a serious competitor to Android.

This is the kind of crap that Microsoft itself used to pull back before the DOJ reined them in the late 90's....I say it's time for a legal battle....

I'm not even able to comprehend how or why they're being like this, you'd think that they'd want an official app on Windows Phone to gain even more revenue and even more data from people lol.

I deleted the iOS version because of how poor it was and getting bombarded with ads on every video that I installed ProTuber that disables ads, gives me the option of downloading videos and storing them to my device, only negative is that links to YouTube don't open up in ProTuber yet but I contacted the Dev and they said they're working to include that in the next update.

I don't necessarily think suing is the best route, I think Google needs to stop acting this way and just do whats right. Just because they're currently not a huge competitor...(continues)